General
Not necessarily related to a particular state or location, but valuable information nevertheless.
3.8% surtax on home sales is small deal for big earners
The silly season of national politics landed in my email inbox last week. I might have ignored the item if a) it had nothing to do with real estate and b) if it wasn’t so deceptive in its...
Columnists argue over state of private golf membership; sounds like class warfare
There is a silly little argument going on in the pages of New England Golf Monthly (NEGM), a publication where your editor once penned a column about golf community living. Typically, NEGM...
Their losses your gain? Cliffs, Reynolds, Wintergreen surviving rough patches
Three huge southern golf communities, household names among those searching for high-end residential developments, faced the realities of the recession in the last couple of years -– and lost. But now they...
Reminders about golf vacation home rentals
One of the best ways to prepare for a permanent home in a golf community of your choice is to first purchase a vacation home there. This gives you a few years to understand the more nuanced aspects...
A gift for this Father’s Day…and future ones
I am not playing golf today. I am at our non-golf community home in Connecticut, and I’d have to drive 25 minutes to play, wait a bit to tee off, play a round that would take about 4 ½ hours, be...
Thanks…A Lot: Plenty of golf homesites available on the cheap
True story. I played a round of golf recently at one of the southeast’s premier golf communities. My partner for the round was a resident and member of the club. Alongside one fairway, he pointed...
Don’t worry, be happy…even if you read the Wall Street Journal
I subscribe to the Wall Street Journal, but if it were my sole source of info, I would have an especially dim view of the economy’s prospects. Thankfully, I have an email inbox that attracts more...
Restrictions on developer’s ability to subdivide golf course all in the paperwork
In our May issue of Home On The Course, our free monthly newsletter, attorney Michelle Tanzer, who has worked with scores of golf community developers, wrote about the importance of understanding...
Does cheaper membership cheapen private club? Plus, two blogs to bookmark
Private clubs suffering the ill effects of the recession that began in 2008 and is hardly over have essentially two paths they can take to securing their futures: They can convince current members...
Home Price Trends: Don’t worry, be happy, don't wait for the last dollar for your home
Bloomberg.com and other outlets report that more than half, or 74, of the 146 metropolitan areas surveyed by the National Association of Realtors (NAR) saw median home prices increase in the first...
Attention Candidates: We love our homes… and deductions
According to a survey earlier this year, most American voters agree that the Federal government should continue to provide tax incentives to encourage home ownership. Support for the principle...
Golf home “value” plays at GolfHomesListed
Although sales activity is picking up in many of the South’s most popular and high-quality golf communities, and prices are beginning to inch up across the region, plenty of bargains are still...